Upcoming Events

Liturgy

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

For this anniversary season, Haela Hunt-Hendrix presents a limited capacity solo program for looped electric guitar, voice, electronics, and piano. Drawing from the Liturgy oeuvre, the evening also features new compositions presented at ISSUE for the first time.

Noveller / Axine M

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

Noveller (2009 AIR) debuts selections from her latest album, I Am The Weather, alongside music drawn from across her catalog. Axine M (2024 AIR) performs with fretless guitar, voice, and computer

Artists-In-Residence 2026

rocío sánchez: Caminos

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

Developed throughout sánchez’s residency, Caminos provides a framework for musical ideas to emerge and unravel through improvisation, extended technique, and lighting design. sánchez is joined by friends and collaborators che ali, Nava Dunkelman, and Henry Fraser.

Past Events

Darmstadt Essential Repertoire 2011

Analog Arts: Stockhausen’s “Cosmic Pulses” and “Telemusik"

Karlheinz Stockhausen's last piece of electronic music, Cosmic Pulses, will have its NY premiere as part of the fourth annual Darmstadt: Essential Repertoire Festival. With an 8-channel sound system surrounding the audience, Cosmic Pulses is a behemoth, more sonic roller coaster than traditional concert piece.

Darmstadt Essential Repertoire 2011

Ensemble Sospeso: Morton Feldman's "For Christian Wolff"

Ensemble Sospeso plays Morton Feldman’s three-hour duet for flute and keyboards, For Christian Wolff. An “extended waking dream,” it is generally regarded as the most austere of Feldman’s late works, fantastically quiet, full of pitches and yet somehow never quite emerging from a perpetual state of almost-being.

Swedish Energies

This two-night program feature a huge lineup of some of Sweden’s most exciting experimental musicians. Performances will include collaborations between U.S. and Swedish artists. This night features The Skull Defekts, Mats Gustafsson, Ikue Mori + Ida Lunden, CM von Hausswolff, and Mats Lindström + Anna Koch.

Swedish Energies

This two-night program feature a huge lineup of some of Sweden’s most exciting experimental musicians. Performances will include collaborations between U.S. and Swedish artists. The first night features The Magic State, Sewer Election, Hanna Hartmann, Altar of Flies, Kathy Hinde + Daniel Skoglund, and Leif Elggren.

Emerging Artists Commissions 2011

Backbreakerneckbrace

Backbreakerneckbrace is a collaborative effort between video artist Dawn Bendick and audio/visual artist Michael Haleta. Timing and synchronization are key elements in their work placing the audio and visuals in a constant exchange of information within pre-composed time constraints.

A multi-sensory film+art+science extravaganza, based on the work of neuro-philosopher Dan Lloyd's research converting brain activity into musical scores. A collaboration between Lloyd, composer Aaron Einbond, filmmaker Elisa Da Prato, and neuroscientist Zoran Josipovic. Yarn/Wire and Maria Chavez perform.

Come celebrate the spirit of literary independence with The Old American Can Factory indie presses. The event will feature Akashic Books, Archipelago Books, Habitus, One Story, and Ugly Duckling Presse. Enjoy drinks, refreshments, and music.

Everyday Experimental

Annea Lockwood's Ear-Walking Woman

Performed by performed by Lois Svard and Olivia Block, Ear-Walking Woman, for prepared piano and adventurous pianist, is an open-ended exploration; the piece determines which “tools” are used in each section, and the pianist is asked to listen closely to the sounds created by each action.